He said that he has to have probable cause to arrest or search anyone. He said that in Arizona personal possession of or smoking marijuana is a misdemeanor only. He said that the police can only act upon a misdemeanor if it occurs in their presence. He said that because of the courts he can only search someone if he PERSONALLY has probable cause to do so based upon his own observations.
He said the pictures and the statements from the witnesses are not probable cause for him to search anyone since the police didn't witness anything.
I said that this should be reason enough for them to at least keep a closer eye on the ACLU "legal observers" for this kind of thing. He said that I could email the photos to him and he would look into it.
He's feeding you a line of PC BS.
They know with ACLU volunteers they will be up to their necks in lawyers if they arrest one.
They would deny that's an issue, but it is an issue.
How did they get the photos so butt crack close?